- HTML5 reintroduced the bold and italic tags…after those tags had been deprecated in XHTML.…The addition of these tags,…side by side with the emphasis and strong tags,…have caused some confusion…about when it's appropriate…to use one over another.…I wanna explore the semantics of those elements…and when we should use them.…To do that, I'm gonna work…with the trails.htm page…from the 03_05 folder.…Now, before we jump into using these,…I wanna go back to the specification…and take a look at the definition for these tags.…

Here I am in the HTML5 spec.…I'm gonna start with the italics element.…Notice in the definition it says,…"The i element represents a span of text…"in an alternate voice or mood,…"or otherwise offset from the normal prose…"in a manner indicating a different quality of text,…"such as a taxonomic designation,…"a technical terms,…"an idiomatic phrase from another language,…"transliteration,…"a thought,…"or a ship name in Western texts."…Okay. It gets a little esoteric there in the end.…

The part I want you to pay attention to…

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1/30/2015

Gain a deeper understanding of HTML5, and learn how to create richer, more meaningful webpages with HTML5 structural tags and enhanced semantic markup. In this course, senior author James Williamson presents an overview of HTML5, demystifies the language's new tags and attributes, and discusses how browsers parse and display HTML5 content. He'll help you make sure your pages (including elements like navigation) are properly structured and sectioned, and show how to use HTML5's unique features for representing quotes, figures, and dates and times. You'll also discover how to extend meaning and make content more accessible with comments, meta- and microdata, and ARIA roles—elements which lead to better experiences for website visitors and development colleagues alike.